CELEBRATING FAILURE

In Simla's DAV public school, students were promoted to class XI before the board exam results were declared. When they were announced, some boys were sent back to class X. Surely; a worse form of humiliation did not exist. However, Anupam was confident of scraping through in his class X exams.

One Friday, right in the middle of the class, his father suddenly arrived to take him to Balji's – a restaurant the family would visit once in six months. At Balji's, Anupam wondered about the reason for the party as his father ordered his favourite dishes. After lunch, his father confided, "Son, you have failed your class X. This celebration was to prepare you for failure so that you are never scared of it." This priceless nugget of wisdom was indelibly etched in young Anupam's mind. He worked on himself and vowed to be optimistic.

Eventually, it turned out that his father had seen the wrong roll number. Moreover, although the noted thespian, Anupam Kher managed was a mere 38 per cent for his degree, his life has by no means been a failure. He has made a success out of it not merely in terms of achievement of goals, but, more importantly, as a human being. For he believes, that happiness was the only way to live.

Failure has to be seen in a totally different dimension. Losers are not ones who fail… losers are ones who succumb to failure and give up. Actually, failures and failings are very much a matter of perception. Too often, we let everyone's opinion matter and herald the beginning of the end. Anupam says it so well, "My deep conviction is that everything turns out just right at the end, and if does not, then you can be sure it is not the end."

Celebrate your efforts, every time you crash,
"Develop new dimensions" to rise from the ash!

Regards
Pravin